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At Bayt.com, the Middle East’s #1 jobsite, over 12,000 jobs are posted on and average day and top employers in the Middle East have their pick of cream candidates to screen, interview and select.  The jobsite’s advanced technologies and the diversity of the top calibre professional community means that with very little time, effort and cost, final shortlists can be compiled of exact-fit candidates who meet all the employer’s specific requirements across industry and geography lines and at all career levels.  So what is it that differentiates some candidates from others when final shortlists are so competitive?  The answer to some extent lies in the interview stage.  Here are some key findings from the Bayt.com team of why some candidates with impeccable credentials can still fail to impress at the employer interview:-

 1. Poor preparation

Employers have done their homework to find you and they expect you to do yours on them too.  Candidates who arrive at an interview knowing little about the company, the industry and/or the role are in a poor position to compete with well-prepared professionals who will spend the compressed interview time precisely positioning themselves for the employer’s exact requirements.  Employers want to know you are curious, energetic, resourceful and inspired and what better proof of that than arriving fully prepared and with keen insights into the employer and their brand/positioning/problems/news etc.  If you have done your homework right you will be able to hit the ground running in the interview with answers that display how you are uniquely positioned to add value from the get-go given the company’s particular culture, positioning, objectives, circumstances and situation.

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